Life360 vs Find My, weighed honestly

Quick answer

Find My is the free, low-friction Apple choice; Life360 is the cross-platform family-safety suite; Parages is for people who want presence without broadcasting their live location to anyone.

Find My ships free on every iPhone and stays out of the way: a map of people who opted in, plus lost devices. Life360 goes further with crash detection, driving reports, SOS, and works across iPhone and Android. The trade is depth for footprint. Find My is simple and Apple-only; Life360 is feature-heavy and cross-platform. Both share your live position with someone, all the time. A few of us never wanted that part at all.

In one sentence

Parages pings you when you pass near a friend. It tracks nobody.

How it works

Add your friends

Their neighborhood, not their exact address. Only you see your list, and nothing is shared.

Live your life

No continuous tracking, no shared location. Parages sleeps in your pocket.

Get a hello

You pass near a friend, and your phone says “You’re 300 m from Thomas 👋”. Right when it matters.

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Frequently asked questions

Those apps share your live location with a group, all the time. Parages shares nothing. It checks on your own phone whether you are near a friend you added, and only then pings you.

Find My broadcasts your position to everyone you share with, continuously. Parages keeps your position on your device and sends it nowhere, so there is no map of you to leak or sell.

Be there at launch.

Parages is coming soon. Drop your email, we’ll tell you first. No spam, just the day it opens.

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